Toy guns



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March 13, 1956 H. HOROWITZ ET AL TOY GUNS Filed May 11, 1953 UnitedStates Patent TOY GUNS Harry Horowitz and Abraham Schneiderman,Brooklyn, N. Y.

Application May 11, 1953, Serial No. 354,158

1 Claim. (Cl. 124- 37) This invention relates generally to the field oftoys, and more particularly to an improved toy gun structure of a typeadapted to expel a series of small harmless pellets in rapid succession.

It is among the principal objects of the present invention to providetoy gun structure in which the external appearance thereof may closelyresemble that of firearms in present use by the Armed Forces of thiscountry.

Another object of the invention lies in the provision of toy gunstructure in which the handling, function, and operative cycle may asclosely as possible resemble that of the actual firearms which itresembles.

Still another object of the invention lies in the provision of toy gunstructure of the class described in which the cost of fabrication may beof a relatively low order, with consequent wide sale, distribution anduse.

A further object of the invention lies in the provision of a novelbreech mechanism which is adapted to propel pellets in a realisticmanner, but with a force insuflicient to injure a youthful user, even ifthe same should strike vulnerable organs.

A feature of the invention lies in the fact that the child using the toyweapon may observe the functioning ofthe operativeparts as the pelletsare discharged in a manner which appears to be very realistic.

Another feature of the invention lies in the provision of novel clipmagazine structure which may be manually loaded in exactly the samemanner employed in loading actual clips with live ammunition, whichclipsmaybe fabricated from materials and componentsavailable to otherthan firearms manufacturers. I

Still another feature of the invention lies in the provision of animproved rapid fire bolt mechanism which is practically indestructiblein the hands of young children, and which has a relatively long usefullife.

A further feature of the invention lies in the fact that substantiallyall parts may be formed from molding and casting with suitable syntheticresinousmaterials.

These objects and features, as well as other incidental ends andadvantages, will become more clearly apparent during the course of thefollowing disclosure, and be pointed out in the appended claim.

On the drawing, to which reference will be made in the specification,similar reference characters have been employed to designatecorresponding parts throughout the several views.

Figure 1 is a view in perspective showing a first embodiment of theinvention.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary enlarged vertical longitudinal sectional viewas seen from the plane 22 on Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary enlarged vertical longitudinal sectional view,corresponding in most respects to Figure 2, but showing the operativeparts in another position thereof.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary sectional view in perspective showing theoperative parts in the relative position shown on Figure 2, and showingthe magazine structure in a detached condition.

Patented Mar. 13, 1956 ment 17, a clip or magazine element 18, a boltelement 19,

a trigger element 20, and a stock element 21. As has been mentioned, thedevice is preferably constructed almost entirely from moldings fromsuitable synthetic resins of a type having the desiredqualities ofdurability, elasticity, and resistance to breakage. We have found suchcompositions as polystyrene, and cellulose acetate to be very suitable.v

The barrel element 16 may be formed integrally with the remaining partsof the device, or may be formed from plastic tubing of suitablediameter. It is of generally conventional design, and may include afront sight 22 and a barrel cover 23, the same having a sighting groove24 therein.

The casing element 17 encloses the bolt and trigger elements 19 and 20,and includes an outer casing 26, an integral trigger guard 27, a triggerguard opening 28, a top port 29, a pistol grip 30, and a rear sight 31.The port 29, as will become more clearly apparent at a point later inthe disclosure, is not of a sufiicient size to allow the bolt element 19to clear the same, so that while a child may observe the bolt elementtraveling back and forth, he

cannot wedge his fingers between the bolt face and the edges definingthe port to injure the same.

The magazine element 18, is adapted to use a circular,

coiltype spring which is commercially available, rather A than thespecial springs having a rectangular cross section which are normallyemployed in the firearms art, thus making it possible tofabricatethesame at a much lower cost.

Since the spring employed does not correspond to the inner confines ofthe magazine, it is necessary that the shape of the outer shell 32 ofthe magazine element 18 be rearward wall 34, a left side wall 35, aright side wall 36, and a bottom wall 32. The left side wall 35 includesa circular portion 37 within which the magazine spring 38is maintained(see Figure 7). The lower end of the spring 38 bears against the bottomwall 32' while the upper terminal presses against the lower surface of afollower plate 39 which pushes the lowermost of the pellets 42 in anupwardly direction, thereby elevating the entire stack, in a well-knownmanner. The latch member 41 which forms means for engaging the entiremagazine element 18 with the casing element 17, is formed integrallywith the forward wall 33, thereby eliminating the necessity of separatestructure. As the synthetic resinous material from which the entiremagazine is fabricated possesses a substantial degree of resilience, thelatch member 41 may be moved through small angular distances withrespect to the forward wall 33 without damage.

The bolt element 19 is also preferably formed from The trigger element20 includes a trigger member or pull finger portion 49, a trigger linkmember or substantially flat body portion 50,.which has side edges thatare mounted for slidable rearward? and forward motion in grooves orguideways 50' in the casingielem'ent 1 7-,.a spring engaging stud 51,and. an integral: resilient leaf spring finger or member 52. The member52: includes a post extending upwardly from the top of the: bodyportion, a flexible. portion 53,v a cam projection Hand. a bolt engaginglatch projection 55. Extending. across the space between the wallsformingthe casing 26 is a cam pusher. 56,, which engages the face ofthe: camprojection. 54 as the trigger member is moved. The triggerelement.20 isrnormally maintained in:the forwardmost position by aspring 57 which is maintainedzwithin. a bore 57'.

The stock. element: 21 is preferably formed integrally withthe casing;element 17,.and may, if. desired,.include anotfset portion 58.

The: operation of the device-willb'e': best understood from aconsideration of Figures 2 and 3.. After: the magazine element 18 isloaded: in a conventional. manner, thev same is'engaged with the casingelement. 17' as shown on Figure 2 the magazine latch- 41 engaging. a:portion thereof, As the trigger 49 ispulled rearwardly asshown-on Figure3, the integrally formed cam means 54 is depressed by the cam pusher 56so that the entire resilient member 52 flexes with the flexibleportionSS. Since at the beginning of this motion, the bolt engagement.portion 55 is engaged with: the trigger engagin'gi projectio'n45v on thebolt member'43, both.bolti element 19 and trigger element 20 travelrearwardly atthe same time. As the cam pusher 56 depressesthe. cam means54, the portion 55* will. become disengagedfromt thebolt projection 45,so that the spring 46. pushes the bolt. element 19 in a leftwarddirection as seen on Fig? ure 3 to result in the bolt face 44 engagingthev upper.- mostpellet 42. As the body member 43 is travelling at aconsiderable speed when the bolt face 44 strikesthe pellet 42,suflicient inertia is imparted to the pellet to force: the same to passthrough the barrel: element 16 and: outwardly out of the device When thebolteie ment 19 has come to a halt, the trigger 49 may be released toallowthe entire trigger: element to. return to its leftwardmost positionas shown on. Figure: 2, wherein the portion. 55 re-engagestheprojection' 45,

and thecycle may be: repeated aslong as there are pellets 42:remainingvin' the. magazine element. 18. When the magazine element 18has been emptied; it may be: ro moved inxa. well-known. manner to. bereplacedwith'. a:

fresh magazine, or the same: magazine may be relo'ade'd;

. As maybe: seen on. Figure 3, at the point ofire1ease 4 wherein thetrigger element is disconnected from the bolt element, the bolt face 44'is still disposed beneath the casing element, so there is no opportunityfor dirt, childrens fingers, or other objects to be placed within thebreech mechanism.

We Wish it to be understood that we do not consider the inventionlimited to the exact details of structure shown and set forth in thisspecification, for obvious modifications will occur to those skilled inthe art to which the present inventionpertains.

We claim:

A toy gun construction comprising av gun-shaped casing, a boltlongitudinally slidable in' said' casing and spring biased to a forwardposition, said bolt having a trigger-engaging projection dependingtherefrom, said bolt serving to propel a pellet from said casing uponits spring being depressed and released, said casing having;opposing,trigger-engaging guideways lying, under said bo1t,,a one-piecemolded trigger element having;ane10ngated substantially flat bodyportion with side edges Iongitudinally slidable along said guideways'and spring;

biased to a forward position, an integral pull finger depending fromsaid body portion, an integral post ex tending upwardly from the top ofsaid body portion, an integral flat deflectable leaf spring-like fingerextending, forwardly from said post over the flat body portion,saiddeflectable finger being biased upwardly and having anintegralupstanding latch projection engaging the: bolt projection when in itsforward position, acam projectionv integrally formed on the spring.fingeradjacent: thelatch projection and means 011 the casing enwgagcable. with said cam as the trigger. is'pulled to deflect the springfinger and disengage its projection from the boltprojection wherebyv torelease the bolt so as to propel the pellet from the gun.

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